Device for making and repairing shoes.



' 110.8%,129. PATENTBD SEPT. 17, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

H YAKIMA, WASHINGTON.

SHOES.

Patented Sept. 17, 1907.

Application filed May 24, 1905. Serial No. 262,108.

. to provide a last support having means whereby the last may be extended position.

With this and other objects in view the invention manually and locked in extended consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of the invention.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the last and its support; and Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof.

-to the heel portion for Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1, l designate standards which are disposed at suitable intervals upon a base 2. A table 3 is supported by the legs at a point between the ends thereof and this table has a socket 3 in the center of its upper face and a central aperture 4. A guiding ring 5 is carried by the upper ends of the legs or uprights 1 and mounted to rotate within this ring is a shank 6 the lower end of which is seated in the recesses 3. This shank is grooved longitudinally as indicated at 7 and the lower end of said groove communicates with an opening 8 extending through the end of the shank and registering at all times with the aperture 4. A stem 9 is formed integral with the upper end of the shank 6 and extends at an angle thereto and this stem is designed to receive the shank 9 of the heel portion 10 of the last. The toe portion 11 of this last has a longitudinal groove 12 designed to receive a tongue 13 formed integral with the heel'portion 10 so that said toe portion can be moved longitudinally upon the tongue to increase or decrease the length of the last. Guard plates 16 are connected the purpose of bridging the space between the toe portion 11 and the heel portion 10. Side grooves 17 are formed in the toe portion of the last and are designed to receive spring strips 18 which are fastened to opposite faces of a lever 19 by means of a sleeve 20 which surrounds the strips and lever and is secured to them in any preferred manner. A release device is disposed upon the lever 19 for the purpose of disengaging the strips 18 from the last. This release device comprises a laterally movable lever 21 having a wedge-like head 22 pivotally mounted on lever 19 and between the strips 18. It is obvious by referring to Fig. 2 that by swinging the lever 21 to either side the head 22 will press against the strips 18 and shift them laterally out of the grooves 17. Lever 19 is fulcrumed within the groove 7 and upon a pin 23 and the lower end of this lever has a strap 24 connected to it and which is mounted on a roller 25 journaled within the lower por tion of groove 7. Strap 24 extends through this roller downward through the openings 8 and 4 and its lower end is connected by means of a swivel 26 with an eye 27. This eye is detachably connected to a treadle 28 fulcrumed upon one of the uprights 1, and designed to be placed in engagement with any one of a series of teeth 29 on one of the other uprights l. A spring 30 is secured within the groove 7 of shank 6 and is designed to exert an outward pressure upon lever 19 so that the toe portion of the last will be normally pressed toward the heel portion thereof.

In order that the shank 6 may be prevented from turning too rapidly a retaining spring 31 is placed in contact with the shank and is held pressed thereagainst by means of two holding pins 32 secured upon the ring 5. This spring and the pins have been shown in Fig. 2 but in Fig. 1 they have been removed for the sake of clearness. 1

In order that a shoe may be easily fastened upon the last a holding strap 33 is looped over the heel portion 10 of the last and the ends thereof are fastened to coiled springs 34 secured to a lever 35. This lever is fulcrumed upon an ear 36 extending from stem 8. By swinging the lever 35 the strap 33 can be readily placed over a shoe upon the last and by pulling downward on the lever the springs 34 will pull the strap 33 downward and bind it tightly upon the shoe thereunder.

When it is desired to provide the last with a toe portion of a required size the lever 21 is swung laterally so as to shiftthe locking strips 18 out of grooves 17. The toe portion 11 can be slid longitudinally from the tongue 13 and another substituted therefor. By swinging lever 21 back to its normal position, the strips 18 will become seated in grooves 17 and the two parts of the last thus securely fastened together. After the holding strap 33 has been removed from the heel portion by raising lever 35 a shoe is placed upon the last and strap 33 extended thereover. Lever 35 is then swung downward and the springs 34 will of course cause the strap 33 to bind tightly upon the shoe. As the last is necessarily smaller than the shoe in order to enable the shoe to be placed upon the last it is of course desirable to extend the last'so as to support all portions of the sole of the shoe. To do this the treadle 28 is pushed downward. Strap 24 will therefore pull the lower end of lever 19 inward and the strips 18 will slide the toe portion of the last forward. When the desired position has been obtained the treadle can be locked by placing it in engagement with one of the teeth 29.

It will be seen that a last support such as herein described constitutes an efiicient means for holding boots, shoes, etc., while they are being repaired. By utilizing an extensible last the same can be readily adjusted to fully support all portions of the shoe sole and can be as quickly retracted so as to enable the shoe to be readily lifted from the last.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination with a support and a shank revolubly mounted therein; of a sectional last carried by the shank and comprising separable portions, a lever fulcrumed upon the shank, yieldable means carried by the lever for engaging one of the last portions, means upon the lever for disengaging said yieldable means from the last portion, and manually operated means upon the support for actuating the lever.

2. The combination with a support; of a shank revolubly mounted within the support, a sectional last carried by the shank, said last comprising a heel portion,

and a toe portion slidably mounted upon the heel portion, an actuating lever connected to the shank, last engaging means extending from the lever, and means upon said lever for releasing said engaging means from the last. 3. The combination with a stationary support and a shank revolubly mounted thereon; of an extensible sectional last carried by the shank, an actuating lever fulcrumed within the shank, yieldahle devices extending therefrom and engaging one of the sections of the last, means carried by the lever for spreading said devices to release the last section therefrom, and means upon the support for actuating the lever to extend the last.

LEWIS HACKETT.

Witnesses:

M. l. ENGLEHART, E. C. FULTON. 

